Christine Selinger is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
paracanoe Paracanoe is canoeing for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. The Paralympic version of the sport is governed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), and a va'a-specific variant is governed by the International Va'a Federation (IVF ...
ist who has competed since the late 2000s. She won her first international medal at the
2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The competition was organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). The Canadian city was selected to host the ...
, then subsequently won two medals at the
2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 19–22 August 2010 in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta. This was the third time that the Polish city hosted the championships, having done so previously in 1990 and 2001. Paracanoe (forme ...
in
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...
with a gold in the V-1 200 m LTA and a silver in the K-1 200 m TA events. At the
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged she repeated her 2010 performance with a gold in the V-1 200m LTA and a second-place finish in the K-1 200m TA event.
Christine Selinger is also an adventure enthusiast who became the first paraplegic to traverse the Nootka Trail (located on
Nootka Island
Nootka Island (french: île Nootka) is an island adjacent to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is in area. It is separated from Vancouver Island by Nootka Sound and its side-inlets, and is located within Electoral Area A of the ...
in British Columbia, Canada) in May 2010. The expedition was referred to in the media as "Nootka No Limits".
Selinger became a paraplegic in late 2006 after a rappelling incident in Savona, BC.
References
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships women's V-1 200 m LTA results.- accessed 21 November 2011
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships women's K-1 200 m TA results.- accessed 21 November 2011
2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships women's K-1 200 m TA results.- accessed 20 August 2010.
2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships women's V-1 200 m LTA, TA, A results.- accessed 20 August 2010.
Nootka No Limits Expedition.- accessed 21 November 2011
2009 ICF Sprint World Championships K2 TA,A Mixed 200m results.accessed 9 November 2010
- accessed 12 August 2012
Canadian female canoeists
Living people
1987 births
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in paracanoe
Paracanoeists of Canada
TA classification paracanoeists
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